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evening sun · 04-12-2018, 04:12 PM

The other night I was ordering a burger & the side choice was fries or tater tots. aghhhh who the heck wants tater tots for dinner. I don't really like them any time of day.

TabulaRasa · 04-12-2018, 04:13 PM

It's not especially sudden around here.

Tater tots are akin to hashbrowns, for me, and, like most, if not all potato options, they're welcome anytime.

evening sun · 04-12-2018, 04:15 PM

Maybe they have been offering it for a while & I did not notice, I love potatoes, but do not consider tater tots real potatoes lol

Dirt Grinder · 04-12-2018, 04:19 PM

Tater tots have been around for quite some time (invented in 1953). Apparently, Americans eat 70,000,000 pounds of tater tots per year.

Now, who wouldn't like deep-fried, grated potatoes?

evening sun · 04-12-2018, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirt Grinder

Tater tots have been around for quite some time (invented in 1953). Apparently, Americans eat 70,000,000 pounds of tater tots per year.

Now, who wouldn't like deep-fried, grated potatoes?

I like to bite into a potato & actually taste potato, not a pound of grease, I have no time for shoe string fries either. I know tater tots have been around forever, but they are a new, side dish on offer with burgers, around here anyhow.

Bambo · 04-12-2018, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by evening sun

The other night I was ordering a burger & the side choice was fries or tater tots. aghhhh who the heck wants tater tots for dinner.

Ahhhhhhh I do!!

I have some organic tator tots and organic Heinz catchup and I really enjoy them

Try some evening sun....You will like them!!

greatblueheron · 04-12-2018, 04:46 PM

They've been around MANY years, OP....where have you been??

Labonte18 · 04-12-2018, 04:54 PM

Love me some tots. Better than fries hands down.

I think it's the crunch that I like so much.. But.. Yeah.. Any place that offers tots.. I want the tots.

mainebrokerman · 04-12-2018, 05:04 PM

i'd rather have tater tots than most vegetables.... tho i havent had them for a while..

tater tots have been around forever.. like a little round solid hash brown....

evening sun · 04-12-2018, 05:07 PM

I KNOW tater tots have been around for ever & a day, & of course, I have eaten them, I just do not like them.

My question was, when did they become a mainstream alternative to fries?